Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
The American Spectator: When a Rabbi Like Me Hears About an Attack on Jews
FBI data are clear: the only overriding form of religious hatred that remains viable in our country is Jew-hatred. The sick minds of haters fixate on us.
The Orange County Register: Now, only parents can defend parents’ rights in our public schools
We stand boldly and proudly alongside Americans of other faiths who share similar family values and oppose the erosion of parental rights.
Epoch Times: To Open a Palestinian Consulate in Jerusalem Would Ignore Thousands of Years of History
Jesus was born a Jew. He grew up in a Jewish family. He kept company with other Jews. He practiced Judaism. He went to the Jewish Temple.
Israel National News: Wayward Journalists
It is a shame that many journalists, wedded to their own agendas, do not see it. If they even tasted it, they would savor the Torah as the elixir of life and the rabbis as purveyors of goodness and wisdom.
The American Spectator: Why Overturning Roe v. Wade Does Not Impinge on Stare Decisis
We can’t have courts changing laws day by day, nor can we have politically and cynically motivated laws stand that were never constitutionally kosher in the first place.
American Spectator: The Chanukah of Fools
Chanukah is not about all the “woke” causes in the world except for those impacting Jews.
Newsweek: Giving Thanks Is Important, Spiritually and Patriotically
There is a parallel between the Founding Fathers and the religious survivors of the Holocaust who came far more recently to these shores.
Israel National News: LGBTQIA+ is not our cause célèbre
This article should not really be deemed controversial, but it possibly is the most daring I ever have published. It is time. If the words below resonate, know you are not alone.
Townhall: A Hate Group Grows on Campus
America’s future leaders are being coopted into an antisemitic campaign thinly disguised as a human rights movement.